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The critical, intense, rewarding work of an intensive care unit nurse is the topic of a recent Q&A in Working Nurse Magazine with MLKCH ICU Nursing Supervisor Lyrose Ortiz. Ortiz, who has more than two decades of nursing experience, talks about ...

MLKCH CEO Dr. Batchlor will appeare in a month-long Citi campaign honoring transformative community leaders. From the end of April through the end of May 2018, Dr. Elaine Batchlor, our hospital’s founding CEO, is a prominent feature in a ...

With the help of extraordinary generosity from its philanthropy partners, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH) is taking the next step in building a healthcare delivery system to serve South Los Angeles. The Weingart Foundation and ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles opened in 2015 as a safety-net hospital with a focus on cutting-edge technology. MLK Community Hospital (MLKCH) serves about 1.3 million people in South Los Angeles, a mostly low-income area ...

It's been nearly a year since Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital opened in South Los Angeles, filling a gap in the Willowbrook neighborhood left when King Drew Medical Center Closed in 2007. Read More

When King/Drew hospital closed eight years ago, the people of South Los Angeles feared that it would not be replaced. In low-income communities of color, they say, businesses leave, never to return. But on Tuesday, residents rejoiced as the ...

The long-awaited Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital opened its doors today, offering medical care to an area that has been without a full-service medical center since 2007. The 131-bed facility in unincorporated Willowbrook south of Watts ...